Assembler mechanism of typographical composing machines



May 17, 1938;A A. s. HAYWARD i 2,117,555

ASSEMBLER MECHANISM OF TYPPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINES Filed Feb. 1o,1957 4 sheets-#sheet 1 A. S. HAYWARD vMay 17, 193s.

ASSEMBLEE MECHANISM OF TYPPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINES Filed Feb.VILO, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIT May 17, 19.38. A. s. HAYWARD ,2,117,555

` ASSEMBLER MECHANISM OF TYBPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINES l l FiledF-Sb. l0, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 May 17, 193s. A. s. HAYWARD 2,117,555

ASSEMBLEE MECHANISM OF TYPPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINES Filed Feb. 1o,195'? 4 sheets-sheet 4 Wvg/WOR ffy @f @555% y Patented May 1 7, 1 938 l2,1 17, 5

UNITED STAT-Esi l?"TENTy OFFICE AssElvrBLERMEoi-iANIsr/i F'riniocfRAPH-V ICAL -C'oMPosING- MACHINES i Arthur Staniland HaywardAltrincham, England, assignor ta Linotype and Machinery Limited, London,England a registered company" Application February 10, 1937,SeialNo.125,023

In Great Britain February 15, V1936 20 claims'. (Cl. 19e- 21) Thisinvention relates-to typographical com" there are provideda continuouslyrotating roller posing machines such as those known commer- I,'fand a'camZ fec'cen'trically mounted in a yoke cially under the registeredtrade-mark Linotype, 3 which is` pivote'd'at one 'end and normallyheld,` and more particularly to machines embodyingia" by``a'tri'pd`og-l'4 engaging beneath its free end,

5 plurality of superposed magazines and anlasseminlaipositiorifinwhichthel'cam 2 is above andout 5 bler entranceadjustable to permit the assembling of'cont'actwith the roller." Theroller I and cam of matrices from a plurality of magazines while 2 arepreferably of metal, the roller having a the magazines remainstationary. v-'shaped `peripheral grooveand the cam a V- Among theobjects of the invention are to proshaped 'periphery adaptedtdengaseWiththe said l0 vide an improved form of key-controlled powergroove,` asshown in"l'|'ig'ure 2. When the trip 10 operated mechanism for effectingthe adjustment i dog 4 is actuated, by lthe depression of ai'lnger oftheassembler entrance: to provide such mechkey5,` to release the yoke"3,the latter falls by anism in the form of a self-contained unitcapablegravity and the cam '2 is rotatedbycontact with of adjustment on themachine to an inoperative the roller I thus'raising the yoke 3; duringwhich position whereinparts of the vmechanism itselfA raising,` (then'gerkey having been released), 15 and of the machine adjacenttheretoare more the 'dog4 returns t0 position G0 Support the 310k@readily accessible: to adapt such'faunit for con- 3 and the cam 2 isbrought torest` out onen-` trolling the independent ladjustment of`afplusagement#withithewouer Tl `'by a laterallyrrorality of assemblerentrances arranged sideby jecting"'pin 6 thereonf'coming against a stopl.

side and to facilitate the before-mentioned adL 'I'his operation issimilar tothat ofthe `known 20 justment of mechanism Vthus adapted inmachines key-board' camm`echanism,` but in the present having separate"keyboards appropriate toithe instance 'the yoke f3 serves to raise1 apushrod 8 different groups of magazines'servedbylthe re- Which'inturnisadapted to eiect a denite'anspective assembler entrances. gular movementof a cam 'I3 controlling the With these objects in view, thevinventionconposition ofthe assembler'entrance through a lever 25 sistsin a device for setting an adjustable as'semactuated by thecam.` bierentrance in a typographical composing ma` `Ini'th'e-construction`shown,the push rod 8 acchine, comprising a power-driven member and a tuate'safspring-loaded" rocker 9 carrying a pawl key controlled member adaptedfor frictionalen I0 1er'iga'ginga ratchet wheel II `operatively fastgagement therewith to'actuate 'a mechanical to the' Icam I3,the`rocker!) being loosely mounted 30 power transmission system wherebythe'assemorrthe studorshaft iI2 carrying the cam I3 and bler entrance isadjustedto the desiredsetting.` ratchet wheel II.'

The invention will be clearly `understood from The cam I3 consists of adisc 'I4 having a cam the following description of one form which itgroove "in oneface"Within'whichengages a roller may assume (given,however; merely by way I5 onfa'stud projecting laterally from ailever 35of example), and this description will be more arm" I 6 connected`witli`the assembler entrance. readily followed by reference to theaccompany- The disc "I l isfpreferablyalso formed'withlnotches ingdrawings, wherein: IT 'in"'its"iperiphery which are 7engaged by springFigures 1 and 2 represent respectively inside` pawls I8, I9 to preventover-running or rebound- 40 i view and rear view a mechanism accordingto 'the ingl of' Ythe cam'y so that the latter is positively 40invention; locked fin successive` positions corresponding "to Fig. 3 isa side view'of a portion of a typoalternating high' and low `portions"of thecam, graphical composing machine embodyingtlie intheX entrancevcontrol lever `I thus'beirig adjusted vention and showing the assemblerentrance in andlocked by successive depressions of the finger oneposition of adjustment; key in different"positionscontrolling different45 Fig. 3a is a side View similar'` to Fig. 3, showing operative`positions of the entrance. The release the assembler entrance inanother positionfof of one of ithei'last-mentionedpawls maybeefadjustment; and fectedlby' the depression of the control linger keyFig. 4 is a plan viewcf a portion of a typo- (e.g.fby the linkage 20,2Ito pawl I8),

graphical composing machine embodying the The whole of the mechanismaccording to the 50k present improvements. invention that is tovsay,`the key lever 5,` as- In carrying the invention into effect in onesembler-'control 1everI 6, the operating connecconvenient manner, asshown in Figures 1 and 2 tions fbetween said levers and a driving wheelherewith,A (which illustrate duplicate mechanisms for "thecam-rollers,may be conveniently carried according to the invention combined as oneunit), in aframe or casing pivotally supported on the 55 machine frame,for example as shown in Figure 4, at the side of the main keyboard, sothat said mechanism may be swung as a whole about a pivot 22 outwardlyto an inoperative position, to give access to its parts and to permitoutward swinging of the keyboard.

Within the scope of the invention, and as shown in the drawings, oneunit may comprise the assemblage in a common frame or casing of twopower actuated mechanisms, each a replica of the other, with the pivotsand axes of the respective levers concentrically arranged, for mountingbetween two groups of magazines arranged side by side, so that theassembler entrance of the respective groups of magazines may beindependently controlled from the one unit. In such cases, when eachmagazine group has its own keyboard, the outward swinging of the unit isnecessarily preceded by the outward swinging of one of the keyboards,and in order to leave a clear path for the movement of the unit, theinvention includes means for swinging also the escapement actuatingreeds which usually remain in their normal vertical position when vthekeyboard is moved out of operative position.

One arrangement for carrying out this modification of the invention isshown in Figures 3 and 4. As illustrated, the keyboard adapted to beswung outwardly to permit the swinging movement of the power unit is theauxiliary keyboard 5 which is swung from the solid line position shownin Fig. 4 to the dotted line position shown therein and, when this hasbeen accomplished, the unit itself may be swung from the solid lineposition Vto the dotted line position, wherein it will present nointerference to the swinging movement of the main keyboard at the left.

Ordinarily, the reeds 24 associated with the auxiliary keyboard arearranged in a fixed frame. In the present machine, however, such a framewould interfere with the swinging movement of the power unit, previouslyalluded to, and accordingly, the reeds 24 are carried in Va frame 25supported on a horizontal pivot 2B near its upper end. Near the rear ofthe auxiliary keyboard frame, there is located an upwardly projectinglug 21 (in the form of an L-shaped bracket adjustably mounted by a screw through a slot in one arm thereof) and, as the keyboard 5 is swungoutwardly in the manner heretofore described, the lug 21 engages thereed frame 25 at the rear and near the lower end thereof, so as to swingthe frame from the position shown in solid lines in Figs. 3 and 4 to theposition shown in dotted lines therein and, when the reed frame 25 is solocated, it will clear the unit as the latter is swung from one positionto another. The degree of clearance provided is clearly indicated inFig. 4.

The construction of the assembler entrance section 28 is illustrated inFigs. 3 and 3a and is substantially the same as disclosed in the patentto Gayter et al., No. 2,068,288, issued January 19, 1937, to whichreference may be had for a more detailed description of the parts.Suffice it to say, when the assembler entrance section is in theposition shown in Fig. 3, it completes an operative connection betweenthe lower magazine of a pair in operative position and the ixed lowersection 29 of the usual assembler entrance; whereas, when the assemblerentrance section 28 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3a, itcompletes an operative connection between the xed lower section of theassembler entrance and the upper magazine in operative position, thislatter connection being through the medium of a relatively fixed section30 of the assembler entrance and located at the lower end of the uppermagazine in operative position.

As previously stated, the operation or pivoting of the assemblerentrance section 28 from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the positionshown in Fig. 3a and vice versa is through the poweroperated mechanism,previously described, and when the control lever I6 is in the positionshown in Fig. 1, wherein the roller l5 is in the high portion of the camI4, the assembler entrance section is in position to complete theoperative connection between the upper magazine in operative positionand the fixed lower section 29 of the assembler entrance; whereas, whenthe roller I5 is at a low portion of the cam, the assembler entrancesection is in the position shown in Fig. 3, where it completes theoperative connection between the lower magazine in operative positionand the section 29 of the assembler entrance.

The section 28 of the assembler entrance is pivotally mounted on a crossshaft 3| arranged at the front of the machine and is actuated from thelever arm I6 through the medium of a link 32 and an arm 33 to which thelink is connected at one end and which at the opposite end is xed tosaid cross shaft 3l.

It must be understood that the invention is not limited solely to thedetails of the form described above since various modifications may beintroduced as they become desirable or necessary in order to carry theinvention into effect under different conditions and requirements whichhave to be fulfilled, without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, I declare that what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent isz- 1. A device for setting an adjustablesection of the assembler entrance in a. typographical composing machineadapted to be equipped with a pair of superposed matrix magazines andwherein the section is adjustable to two different positions to make andbreak an operative connection between either one of the magazines. and afixed section of the assembler entrance, said device comprising apower-driven member and a key controlled member adapted for frictionalengagement therewith to actuate a mechanical power transmission systemfor moving the adjustable section to the desired setting.

2. A device for setting an adjustable section of the assembler entrancein a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with a pairo superposed matrix magazines and wherein the section is adjustable totwo diiferent positions to make and break an operative connectionbetween either one of the magazines and a xed section of the assemblerentrance, said device comprising a power driven member and akeycontrolled element adapted to engage by coacting V-shaped andV-grooved peripheries, and a mechanical power transmission system drivenby said key-controlling member when engaged with said power drivenmember for moving the adjustable section.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1 comprising an eccentric cam adapted,when released by said key, to fall into frictional engagement with apower driven roller.

4. A device for setting an adjustable section of the assembler entrancein a typographical composing machine, adapted to be equipped with a pairof superposed i matrix magazines and fwhereinfthesection is adjustable:`to two diierentpositions to make and break an operative connectionbetween either one offlthefmagazines and a fixed section of theassemblerientrance, said device comprising a `power-driven member, a keycontrolled member adaptedfor frictionalengagement tlierewithto'lactuatea mechanical power transmission system for moving theiadjustable sectionto the desired setting,and means for locking the mechanical powertransmission system in position after adjustment.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4 wherein said locking means arereleased by `said controlling key upon initiation of a subsequentadjustment.

6. In a typographical composing machine a device as claimed in claim 1built as a unit, pivotally mounted on the machine frame to allow it to'be swung outwards for access.

7. In a typographical composing machine a plurality of devices asclaimed in claim 1 built as a single unit pivotally mounted upon themachine frame.

8. In a typographical composing machine embodying a device as claimed inclaim 1, means for moving a set of escapement actuating reeds out of thepath of the pivotally mounted unit when desired.

9. In a typographical composing machine embodying a device as claimed inclaim 1, means for moving a set of escapement actuating reeds out of thepath of the pivotally mounted unit when desired, comprising a pivotallymounted frame carrying said reeds and means on a pivoted keyboardwhereby the swinging of the keyboard about its pivot effectssimultaneous swinging of said frame of reeds.

l0. In a typographical composing machine embodying a device as claimedin claim 1 and comprising a main and an auxiliary group of magazines,each with its own keyboard, a pivotally mounted frame carrying theescapement actuating reeds of the auxiliary keyboard, and a projectionon the auxiliary keyboard frame adapted, when the auxiliary keyboard isswung about its pivot, to engage with said reed frame, and swing itabout its pivot out of the path of said device.

1l. In a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with apair of superposed matrix magazines, and an assembler entranceadjustable to permit the assembly of matrices from either magazine, thecombination therewith of means for adjusting the assembler entranceincluding a power-driven device operable during certain alternatepredetermined increments of movement to adjust the assembler entrance tocooperate with one magazine and during other alternate predeterminedincrements of movement with the other magazine, and means including amember adapted upon movement in one direction to operate said devicethrough said predetermined increments, and upon movement in anotherdirection to be restored to normal position.

12. In a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with apair of superposed matrix magazines, and an assembler entranceadjustable to permit the assembly of matrices from either magazine, thecombination therewith of means for adjusting the assembler entranceincluding a power-driven device operable during certain alternatepredetermined increments of movement to adjust the assembler entrance tocooperate with one magazine, and during other alternate predeterminedincrements of movement, with the other magazine, and key-controlledmeans including amember adapted upon movement in one direction tooperate said device through said predetermined increments, and uponmovement in another direction to be restored to normal position.

13. In=`= a typographical composing lmachine adapted tofbel equippedwith a pair of superposed matrix magazines, `and an assembler entranceadjustable to permit the assembly oi matrices from rei-ther' magazine,the `combination therewith of means for yadjusting theassemblerentrance; includingia power-driven device having an elementifotatableiinione direction and y'operable during certain `alternatepredetermined increments of movement to adjust the assembler entrance tocooperate with one magazine and during other alternate predeterminedincrements of movement, with the other magazine, and means including amember adapted upon movement in one direction to rotate said elementduring said predetermined increments of movement and upon movement inanother direction to be restored to normal position.

14. In a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with apair of superposed matrix magazines, and an assembler entranceadjustable to permit the assembly of matrices from either magazine, thecombination therewith of means for adjusting the assembler entranceincluding a power-driven cam rotatable in one direction only andintermediate connections between the cam and the assembler entrance,said cam being formed so that upon rotation it will effect theadjustment of the assembler entrance alternately into cooperativerelation with the magazines, and means for rotating said cam andincluding a member adaptedupon movement in one direction to rotate thecam to effect said adjustments of the assembler entrance, and uponmovement in another direction to be restored to normal position.

15. In a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with apair of superposed matrix magazines, and an assembler entranceadjustable to permit the assembly of matrices from either magazine, thecombination therewith of means for adjusting the assembler entranceincluding a power-driven cam rotatable in one direction only,intermediate connections between the cam and assembler entrance, andmeans including a ratchet device for rotating the cam through equalincrements of movement, said cam being formed so that upon certainalternate increments of movement it will adjust the assembler entranceinto cooperative relation with one magazine and during other alternateincrements of movement with the other magazine.

16. In a typographical composing machine adapted to be equipped with aplurality of superposed matrix magazines and with mechanism forrendering one or another of the magazines operative without shiftingsaid magazines,'the combination with such mechanism of devices includinga cam rotatable during certain alternate predetermined increments ofmovement in one direction to adjust said mechanism for cooperation withone magazine and during other alternate predetermined increments ofmovement in the same direction to adjust said mechanism for cooperationwith another magazine, and a power means for rotating said cam includinga member adapted upon movement in one direction to rotate the camthrough said increments of movement, and upon movement in anotherdirection to be restored to normal position.

17. A combination according to claim 14, wherein the cam in effectingthe adjustment of the assembler entrance is rotated through equalincrements of movement, and means for preventing overrunning of the cam.

18. A combination according to claim 14, wherein the cam in eiecting theadjustment of the assembler entrance is rotated through equal incrementsof movement, means for preventing overrunning of the cam, and means forpreventing retrograde movement of the cam.

19. A combination according to claim 14, wherein the cam in effectingthe adjustment of the assembler entrance is rotated through equalincrements of movement, means including a pawl adapted when operative toprevent advance movement of the cam, and key means for rendering thepawl inoperative.

20. A combination according to claim 14, wherein the cam in efecting theadjustment of the assembler entrance is rotated through equal incrementsof movement, means including a pawl adapted When operative to preventadvance movement of the cam, and key means for controlling the movementof the cam and for rendering the pawl inoperative.

ARTHUR STANILAND HAYWARD.

